Ricks Road

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Ricks Road
Ricks road.jpg
Studio album by
Texas
Released1 November 1993
RecordedMarch 1992-May 1993
Studio Bearsville Studios, American Recording Co., New York
Genre Alternative rock
Length47:48
Label Mercury
Vertigo (Europe)
Producer Paul Fox
Texas chronology
Mothers Heaven
(1991)		Ricks Road
(1993)		 White on Blonde
(1997)
Singles from Ricks Road
  1. "So Called Friend"
    Released: 30 August 1993
  2. "You Owe It All to Me"
    Released: 18 October 1993
  3. "So in Love with You"
    Released: 31 January 1994
  4. "Fade Away"
    Released: 4 April 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
NME 6/10 [2]

Ricks Road is the third album by Scottish rock band Texas. The album was released on 1 November 1993 by Mercury Records. The album peaked at number 18 in the UK and spent two weeks on the UK Albums Chart. [3] It was certified Silver (for 60,000 copies sold) by the British Phonographic Industry in October 1997. In Australia, the album peaked at number 96 on the ARIA Albums Chart. [4]

Contents

The album included three UK Top 40 singles; "So Called Friend" (#30), "You Owe It All to Me" (#39), and "So in Love with You" (#28).

Track listing

All songs written by Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri except as indicated.

International release

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."So Called Friend"Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri3:42
2."Fade Away"McElhone, Spiteri3:03
3."Listen to Me"McElhone, Spiteri5:02
4."You Owe It All to Me"McElhone, Spiteri3:41
5."Beautiful Angel"McElhone, Spiteri3:20
6."So in Love with You"McElhone, Spiteri4:44
7."You've Got to Live a Little"McElhone, Spiteri, Paul Fox3:12
8."I Want to Go to Heaven"McElhone, Spiteri3:23
9."Hear Me Now"McElhone, Spiteri, Ally McErlaine 4:11
10."Fearing These Days"McElhone, Spiteri4:18
11."I've Been Missing You"McElhone, Spiteri3:13
12."Winters End"McElhone, Spiteri, Eddie Campbell4:18
Total length:47:48

US/Canadian release

  1. "So Called Friend"
  2. "Fade Away"
  3. "Listen to Me"
  4. "You Owe It All to Me"
  5. "Beautiful Angel"
  6. "So in Love with You"
  7. "You've Got to Live a Little"
  8. "I Want to Go to Heaven"
  9. "Hear Me Now"
  10. "Fearing These Days"
  11. "Tired of Being Alone" (Al Green)
  12. "Winters End"

Personnel

Texas

Other personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Ricks Road
Chart (1994)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 96
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [6] 84
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [7] 50
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 14
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 18

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [10] 2× Gold200,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [11] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [12] Silver60,000^
United States—38,000 [13]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  3. ↑ "Texas". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  4. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
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